An Iron Cross 1914 First Class; 800 Silver Marked Auction Footnote: Unteroffizier Herbert Lassow was

Footnote: Unteroffizier Herbert Lassow was a German Luftwaffe radio operator operating solely on the eastern front in the Küstenfliegergruppe 806/Kampfgruppe 806

2nd Canadian Motorized Machine Gun Brigade and served in the French theatre

Naming is officially impressed on the medals and officially engraved on the Cross

otherwise appears unworn and in nearly mint condition

An Iron Cross 1914 First Class; 800 Silver Marked Auction Footnote: Unteroffizier Herbert Lassow wasA textbook example of a first war period German Imperial Eisernes Kreuz 1914 1. Klasse; silver frame with a blackened iron core (magnetic); broad vertical pinback (marked 800 for silver content), with a fine barrel hinge and a round wire catch; measuring 42. 26 mm x 42. 22 mm; weighing 17. 3 grams; better than very fine condition. (C: 162)